The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how America is becoming a world leader in solar energy.” ...
On his return, he set up a travel agency to promote sustainable ... Species like the Galápagos giant tortoises and land iguanas have shown good recovery due to conservation efforts, and there ...
The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal when Cyclone Dikeledi hit the southern part of the Indian Ocean island ...
The surviving tortoises will be quarantined and cared for while experts assess whether they can be put back into their natural habitat. “Wildlife trafficking is a serious global threat that disrupts ...
A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month ...
Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about 25-50 years old — were carried away.
Radiated and spider tortoises are critically endangered in Madagascar because of habitat destruction and poaching. They are eaten, but also illegally trafficked to be sold as pets because of the ...
This is the first time captive-bred elongated tortoises have been reintroduced to their native habitats in Bangladesh. It follows the success of a 2021 pilot project when 10 Asian giant tortoises ...